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ILWU Local 10 holds Stop Work action in Oakland and San Francisco to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Worldwide Solidarity to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal

February 27, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff February 16, 2023 was a powerful International Day of Action demanding freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. The day was led by labor activists from ILWU Local 10 in Oakland and San Francisco, […]
Scottsboro case demonstration in Washington, D.C. during 1933
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Sharecroppers Union to the New Farmers of America

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 6 Several years prior to the formation of the Southern Tenant Farmers Union (STFU) in 1934, a series of events in the state of Alabama would […]
Toxic cloud rises over East Palestine, Ohio after train derailment
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Train wrecks, earthquakes and profits

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Stephen Milles What’s the connection between the earthquake in Syria and Turkey with the train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio? More than 41,000 people, including thousands of children, have been killed by the Feb. […]
Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass speaks on immigrant rights

February 22, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff In 1867, the most important figure in the anti-slavery movement in the U.S., Frederick Douglass, gave a speech in Boston about immigrant rights, specifically those people coming from China and Japan. […]
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Alliance for Global Justice Has Been Attacked

February 21, 2023 fwstaff
  AfGJ press release Alliance for Global Justice and our fiscally-sponsored projects are under attack by right-wing media. They’re doing their best to intimidate and silence us in order to neutralize our effectiveness in growing […]
Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting in Arkansas
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African American Resistance in the Rural South from the Great Depression to World War II

February 21, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 5 During October 1929, the United States economic system was plunged into an unprecedented depression where tens of millions were thrown out of work and their […]
African American Farmers Alliance of the late 19th century
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African American Resistance in the Rural South

February 20, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 4 “The new industry had a vision not of work but of wealth, not of planned accomplishment, but of power. It became the most conscienceless, unmoral […]
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The Police Murder of Tyre Nichols: The Sad, Yet Foreseeable Result of a Policing System Based on the “Slave Patrols”

February 18, 2023 fwstaff
By National Conference of Black Lawyers The National Conference of Black Lawyers extends its deepest sympathy to the family of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old son and father who was viciously murdered by Memphis police officers. […]
Housing activists protest Munoz Realty
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Free Speech under attack by landlords

February 13, 2023 fwstaff
By Mike Shane As in many cities across the U.S., the residents of Detroit face a deepening crisis in obtaining access to equitable housing that is affordable, healthy, safe and in good repair. Affordable housing […]
African American prison contract labor
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Reversing Reconstruction, the Rise of Tenant Agriculture and the Great Migration

February 9, 2023 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe African American History Month Series No. 3 “By an act of April 16, 1862, which abolished slavery in the District of Columbia, Congress made an appropriation of $100,000 for voluntary Negro emigrants […]